At the end of the 2018-2019 International Training Cycle, a graduation ceremony is held this Monday, June 24 at the headquarters of the Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes (ADII) in Rabat, for the benefit of the 20th promotion of winners of the Institute of Customs Training (IFD), composed of 38 inspection executives from 10 African countries (Benin, Central African Republic, Congo, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, Chad and Togo) and from Haiti.

The ceremony was chaired by Mr Nabyl Lakhdar, Director General of ADII, in the presence of the Ambassador Director General of the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI) and several personalities representing the diplomatic corps accredited to Morocco, including the Ambassador of Benin to Morocco and the delegation of the Directorate General for Customs and Indirect Rights (DGDDI).

The programme of the course is characterised by the alternation of the course of training between the DFI and the operational structures. It is structured around the following poles:

• Legal environment (Customs legislation and regulations, Agreements and Conventions, Customs disputes);
• Customs techniques (clearance procedures, economic customs regimes, tariff and tariff technology, accounting organization and operation of ADII);
• Tax environment (Customs value, Rules of origin, Customs tax);
• Prevention and control (Risk information and analysis, Customs controls);
• Modules and seminars of support (Administrative drafting, Information systems of the ADII and Office automation, Harbor operating system, Port security, Customs clearance in free zones, Management of commercial operations, Convention of prohibition of chemical weapons, Methodology of writing of reports of internship, Approved economic operator);
• Internships and visits of professional circles (Practical courses in the Regional Directorates, Visit of the ports of Casablanca and Tangier Med, Visits of companies whose activity has a connection with customs).

Subject-based knowledge testing was conducted as the cycle progressed. Two other evaluations, relating to the combined case studies, were organized. This is the processing of customs clearance of goods at import, export and economic customs.

This cycle, which has been the subject of 15 tests of evaluation in addition to the support of the end-of-term report and evaluation of behaviour and attendance.

The general averages obtained by the participants are included between 10.93 and 16.24/20 with a success rate of 100% and a general average of 13,92/20.